Welcome to Portlaoise
Portlaoise (older spelling Portlaoighise ; former name Maryborough ), is the county town of Laois. The name is Irish for "Fort of Laois".
Portlaoise stands at a major crossroads in the Irish roads (major roads to Dublin, Limerick and Cork) network although construction in recent years of the M7 motorway, which bypasses the town, has reduced traffic congestion in the town centre.
The government has been one of the major employers in the town: the maximum-security Portlaoise Prison, which houses the majority of paramilitary prisoners sentenced in Ireland.
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Dunmore Country School
Swan Road, Durrow, Durrow, Durrow, Durrow, Co. Laois, R32HC93
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